Quality Assurance Supervisor; Night Shift

Job Title:

Quality Assurance Supervisor (Night Shift) Department:
Quality Assurance

Reports to:

Manager Essential Duties & Responsibilities Include

• Ensures effective employee relations by providing coaching and development, participates in employment decisions, resolves employee issues, schedules staffing and resource needs for day‑to‑day production support, calibration, product traceability, product sampling, pre‑operational inspections, and other special projects.
• Trains and develops the Quality Assurance team to ensure full understanding of food safety and quality programs and department SOPs. Plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures, recommends improvements in quality methods, equipment, standard operating procedures and working conditions. Manages departmental performance measures and provides regular progress reports to manager.
• Assists with the implementation, auditing, and execution of Thrive Food’s food safety, quality assurance and regulatory compliance policies, establishes performance standards, procedures and audit controls to meet business requirements, and compiles, analyses and communicates related information to the management team.
• Documents and maintains quality control standards and ongoing objectives. Defines and implements inspection criteria and procedures. Ensures all quality and food safety programs are followed on the floor by regularly auditing the production floor.
• Ensures the company’s hold and release program is properly implemented, placing defective raw material, WIP and finished goods on appropriate QA status, working with management to ensure timely disposition of hold materials. Works with Operations and Maintenance on investigation and root cause analysis of customer and internal quality and food safety concerns or complaints and implements timely corrective and preventive actions.
  
  Responsible for other duties as assigned.

• B.S. Degree preferred in microbiology, food science or chemistry; or a minimum of a passing grade in Chemistry, Biology or Microbiology lab courses. Minimum 3 years industry experience in food safety and quality areas, 2‑3 years leadership experience required.
• Knowledge of Safe Quality Food (SQF), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), internal auditing, USDA and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). Must be HACCP and PCQI certified. Travel up to 20% of the time may be required.

• Place high priority on food safety, quality and sanitation by understanding and executing Thrive Food’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures.
• Hold self and others accountable to Thrive Food’s food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation or opportunity to the leadership team or teammates.
• In the absence of Lead, serves as backup to ensure all food safety, quality objectives and SQF system requirements are met.

• Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and some fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity: 50% or more sitting, 50% or more walking, and 50% or more standing.